Traffic police help ensure traffic safety, social order for Tet

Lines of cars on Phap Van Expressway on February 20, the fifth day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic police nationwide stepped
up cracking down on traffic rule and law offences from January 16 to February
15 and ensured traffic safety and social order during the seven-day Lunar New
Year holiday (Tet).

According to the Traffic Police Department under
the Ministry of Public Security, the numbers of traffic accidents, deaths and
injured people declined compared to the same month-long crackdown for 2017 Tet.

Notably, traffic congestion before, during and
after Tet was improved, the department noted, adding that police handled more
than 327,100 traffic rule violation cases in the month.

They also uncovered 586 cases of criminal,
economic and environmental law offences, detaining 343 suspects and seizing 57
heroin bricks, 20kg of marijuana, over 5kg of drugs of different kinds, over
77,600 smuggled cigarette packets, over 3 tonnes of firecrackers, and many
other types of smuggled goods worth over 6 billion VND (263,400 USD).

Particularly, along the National Highway 1A
section from northern Lang Son to southern Dong Nai provinces, traffic police
dealt with more than 30,200 traffic rule offences and discovered 142 criminal
law violation cases.

During the month, traffic police also actively
made working plans with regard to local situations, carried out communication
activities, gave advice to local authorities, increased patrols, and mobilised
civil forces’ engagement in crime prevention, helping to ensure traffic safety
and social order for Tet, the Traffic Police Department added.-VNA